#225C8B#225C8B

#225C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.097 H 246.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 139)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, -1.85, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 31.49, 266.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% -0.0385 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.097 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1453, 9.8574, 25.8418)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C8B #8B5122

analogous

#228B86 #225C8B #22288B

triadic

#225C8B #8B225C #5C8B22

tetradic

#225C8B #86228B #8B5122 #288B22

square

#225C8B #86228B #8B5122 #288B22

split-complementary

#225C8B #8B2228 #8B8622

monochromatic

#0A1B29 #163B5A #225C8B #2E7DBC #539BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#225C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#225C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C8B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C8B	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38548A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.097 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89ad',
    500: '#225c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c8b;
$custom-light: #6c89ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46046,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C8B

secondary

#B87F50

accent

#8C44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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